Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 671 · 40 questions

Tip (Show, don’t pad): Include: contact details (mobile, email, city), education and marks, skills, projects, activities and clubs, awards, languages, volunteer work. Leave out: bank details, your Aadhaar number, passwords, party selfies, other people’s marks, long life stories and anything made up. One page, one plain font; be ready to explain every line with a short example.

1. 1.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
5. 5.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) a survey of 50 shops
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
10. 10.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) an email ID (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) eco club member
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
13. 13.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
17. 17.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
26. 26.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
30. 30.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a website for our club (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) typing 40 words a minute
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
38. 38.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
40. 40.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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